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I am gutted tbh...fished it couple of times on a guesty and was a water i was looking at fishing maybe in the next few years.
A crying shame and although i wasnt a member of it.i used to always look at the lake when travelling to the end of the track.
Im not too qualified to talk about whats happened as i know theres plenty on here that know what actually happened and actually was there witnessing the whole sorry episode.

Feel sorry for all involved but the poor fish and life in that lake wont tbe the same again...well not for a long time anyhow.
Sad...sad times.

Terrible shame, had some great fish in there.
It produced an unbelievable session to very good angler in the 80's, including a 40 + plus mirror. Hushed up at the time.
I think this is the second fish kill there over the years?

Awful and Not the first time this place has had a fish kill.
Isn't the lake being lost to HS2?

The 40 it done years ago was always in doubt as the chap never deducted the weight of the sling, and admitted it to friends at the time!!!!
Wasn't hush either as everyone who fished pit 4 knew about it.

Awful and Not the first time this place has had a fish kill.
Isn't the lake being lost to HS2?

The 40 it done years ago was always in doubt as the chap never deducted the weight of the sling, and admitted it to friends at the time!!!!
Wasn't hush either as everyone who fished pit 4 knew about it.

The first fish kill, well the carp, was down to a dogey fish farmer, I'm not 100% sure ? but sure it was D B ? From Rickmansworth, even got done by the EA
I was around at the time on 4, seeing the situation then,
This time there was a oxygen crash, killing of most of the life in the walter,
and trust me, I helped out last weekend, helping to bag up some stunning fish, some of the carp were stunners, it was terrible scenes
so gutted for the club and members
There was still going to be a lake left with the fish with HS2, how bad the situation was going to be for anglers, no one knew,
sadly now For the foreseeable future,
The club, and fisheries officers will have to decide, as it's down to them
Such a sad situation on there

The first fish kill, well the carp, was down to a dogey fish farmer, I'm not 100% sure ? but sure it was D B ? From Rickmansworth, even got done by the EA
I was around at the time on 4, seeing the situation then,
This time there was a oxygen crash, killing of most of the life in the walter,
and trust me, I helped out last weekend, helping to bag up some stunning fish, some of the carp were stunners, it was terrible scenes
so gutted for the club and members
There was still going to be a lake left with the fish with HS2, how bad the situation was going to be for anglers, no one knew,
sadly now For the foreseeable future,
The club, and fisheries officers will have to decide, as it's down to them
Such a sad situation on there

Yes you are correct mate about where the fish came from, that caused the first fish kill. I was on pit 4 at the time and saw/heard all the goings on, as did the rest of the syndicate as it was then. GLC. It was awful at the time, and to happen again....well. Sad times.

Awful and Not the first time this place has had a fish kill.
Isn't the lake being lost to HS2?

The 40 it done years ago was always in doubt as the chap never deducted the weight of the sling, and admitted it to friends at the time!!!!
Wasn't hush either as everyone who fished pit 4 knew about it.

Your are completely wrong, or have been mislead. The 40 was a 40lb 4oz carp, caught by Steve Kearvell, also a pit 4 angler at the time, on June 16th 1988. The fish was weighed and witnessed by Ray Kilham and Paul Kempthorne, also pit 4 anglers at the time. The fish was weighed on three sets of scales, sling deducted, and a minimum weight taken. He went on to catch a 30, a 20. and lost another fish later that day.

It was strict no publicity back then, so the angler had to keep quiet, although many knew about it, including Chris Ball i believe.

Paul Kempthorne, is still a committee member of the club today i'm told, i'm sure he'll confirm.

The captor went on to join Savay and many other waters in the area, still fishes some i think, he's on carp forum if you need any facts.

The first fish kill was because of fish supplied, with a fake health certificate, by a proper crook.

Your are completely wrong, or have been mislead. The 40 was a 40lb 4oz carp, caught by Steve Kearvell, also a pit 4 angler at the time, on June 16th 1988. The fish was weighed and witnessed by Ray Kilham and Paul Kempthorne, also pit 4 anglers at the time. The fish was weighed on three sets of scales, sling deducted, and a minimum weight taken. He went on to catch a 30, a 20. and lost another fish later that day.

It was strict no publicity back then, so the angler had to keep quiet, although many knew about it, including Chris Ball i believe.

Paul Kempthorne, is still a committee member of the club today i'm told, i'm sure he'll confirm.

The captor went on to join Savay and many other waters in the area, still fishes some i think, he's on carp forum if you need any facts.

The first fish kill was because of fish supplied, with a fake health certificate, by a proper crook.

You know an awful lot. Pmsl.
Writing about a capture you had 30 years ago under the pretence of being someone else to big it up is a bit sad mate!

You know an awful lot. Pmsl.
Writing about a capture you had 30 years ago under the pretence of being someone else to big it up is a bit sad mate!

No unfortunately, not me but, i know steve and paul and ray, and many of the others of that time, very well. You obviously don't, and have written bull****. I was correcting you. As i say, contact steve and ask him if you have doubts, pretty sure he's a long time member here. Or visit the h.a.s. site, it's all there unless there all liars or bull****ters?.

I was commenting about tge history of the place when you chirped in with something that wasn't accurate. I corrected you, no need to have a hissy fit?

Maybe get all your facts straight before posting rubbish, i can prove what i've written, can you?

Steves capture at the time was the first 40 from the Colne valley, caught from the double i don,t think it ever made 40 again and was usually around 37,38 . I was walking round the lake the day it was caught, and no one told me anything , it was a couple of weeks later that i heard. Pit 2 was mega hard in those days probably only 30 fish in 50 acres, with only a handfull carp anglers, it was a remarkable capture for the time.
its almost 20 years since i last fished there ,but from what ive heared pit 2 was at its peak when this disaster happened, like before it will take many years to recover,but recover it will and the next generation will enjoy catching some lovely fish even with great big trains going through it

The unknown angler....ok sir. What ever you say, I didn't expect you to come clean. The old saying you can fool some of the people some of the time......etc. Rings true for me here.

Carver.
I never doubted the actual capture??? I was just saying what I heard at the time. Sorry if you don't like it but that's what we heard. And from what Jeeves stated about the carps usual weight, it's not outside the realms of possibility is it?

Jeeves.
First 40 from the colne valley???! No mate. Definitely not. Wraysbury had done a 40 years before. Longfield had done 2 different 40's. And what about Harrow? Sure Lee jackson had a 40 years before this.